Hanging ornament kit

ABSTRACT

A hanging ornament kit including a flexible planar base having an outer surface that carries a decorative indicia and an inner surface that carries a releasable adhesive. A flexible loop made of a decorative string or ribbon is attached to the base and extends out from the outer decorative surface. A removable protective cover overlies the adhesive and is removed immediately before the adhesive surface is brought into contact with an ornament, such as a small children&#39;s toy, to secure the ornament to the base. The flexible loop may then be placed over a branch of a tree to hang the ornament during the holiday season. When the holiday season is over, the base may be peeled from the toy and the toy returned to the child&#39;s toy box.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] Not applicable.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

[0002] Not applicable.

REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX

[0003] Not applicable.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] 1. Field of the Invention

[0005] The present invention relates to the field of ornamentalarticles, and more particularly to a hanging ornament kit.

[0006] 2. Description of Related Art

[0007] As can be seen by reference to the following U.S. Pat. Nos.4,173,667; 4,309,464; 5,226,993 and 6,053,322, the prior art is repletewith myriad and diverse ornamental articles.

[0008] While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are morethan adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they havebeen specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect totheir failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical hangingornament kit.

[0009] As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed alongstanding need for a new and improved hanging ornament kit and theprovision of such a construction is a stated objective of the presentinvention.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Briefly stated, the present invention provides a hanging ornamentkit including a flexible planar base having an outer surface thatcarries a decorative indicia and an inner surface that carries areleasable adhesive. A flexible loop made of a decorative string orribbon is attached to the base and extends out from the outer decorativesurface. A removable protective cover overlies the adhesive and isremoved immediately before the adhesive surface is brought into contactwith an ornament, such as a small children's toy, to secure the ornamentto the base. The flexible loop may then be placed over a branch of atree to hang the ornament during the holiday season. When the holidayseason is over, the base may be peeled from the toy and the toy returnedto the child's toy box.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] These and other attributes of the invention will become moreclear upon a thorough study of the following description of the bestmode for carrying out the invention, particularly when reviewed inconjunction with the drawings, wherein:

[0012]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the hanging ornament kit of thepresent invention showing an ornament attached;

[0013]FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the protective coverbeing peeled away from the adhesive on the inner surface of the flexibleplanar base;

[0014]FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view similar to FIG. 2, butshowing a flexible base in the shape of a star instead of a fancifulsnowflake, and showing a ribbon loop instead of a string loop; and

[0015]FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an alternate embodiment ofthe invention where the flexible loop is formed by a flexible connectorthat extends between a pair of planar bases attached to a ceiling or awall and streamers are draped over and extend down from the loop.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] As can be seen by reference to the drawings, and in particularlyto FIG. 1, the hanging ornament kit that forms the basis of the presentinvention is designated generally by the reference number 10. Thehanging ornament kit 10 includes a flexible planar base 20 that may bemade of paper, cloth or any other suitable flexible material. The base20 has an outer surface 30 with a shape and other decorative indiciathat may simulate a fanciful snowflake (FIGS. 1, 2 and 4), a star (FIG.3), or other holiday symbols. The inner surface 40 of the base 20carries a releasable adhesive 45 and a removable protective non-stickcover 50. A flexible loop 60 is attached to the base 20 and extends outfrom the outer decorative surface 30. The loop 60 may be formed of goldstring, ribbon or other decorative material The protective cover 50 isremoved immediately before the adhesive 45 is brought into contact witha selected ornament 70. It is to be understood that the ornament 70could be any various small decorative items such as a small toy, paperornaments made by children at school, pine cones, and many others. Oncethe ornament 70 is attached to the base 20, the loop 60 may bepositioned over a branch of a tree to hang the ornament 70. After theholiday season, the base 20 may be peeled away from the ornament 70,such as a child's toy, which may then be used by the child to play with.

[0017] An alternate embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 4that shows a kit 110 including a pair of bases 20 that may be releasablyattached to an object such as a ceiling or a wall in spacedrelationship. A flexible connector 160 that is attached to andinterconnects the bases 20 sags down to form a loop upon whichdecorative material 170, such as streamers or garland, may be draped.

[0018] Although only an exemplary embodiment of the invention has beendescribed in detail above, those skilled in the art will readilyappreciate that many modifications are possible without materiallydeparting from the novel teachings and advantages of this invention.Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included withinthe scope of this invention as defined in the following claims.

1. A hanging ornament kit, comprising: a flexible planar base includingan outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface carryingdecorative indicia and the inner surface carrying a releasable adhesive;a removable protective cover disposed to overlie the adhesive; aflexible loop attached to the base and being disposed to extend out fromthe outer surface; and an ornament disposed to contact and releasablyattach to the adhesive.
 1. The hanging ornament kit of claim 1 whereinthe base is formed in the shape of a fanciful snowflake.
 2. The hangingornament kit of claim 1 wherein the base is formed in the shape of astar.
 3. The hanging ornament kit of claim 1 wherein the flexible loopis formed of a decorative string.
 4. The hanging ornament kit of claim 2wherein the flexible loop is formed of a decorative string.
 5. Thehanging ornament kit of claim 3 wherein the flexible loop is formed of adecorative string.
 6. The hanging ornament kit of claim 1 wherein theflexible loop is formed of a decorative ribbon.
 7. The hanging ornamentkit of claim 2 wherein the flexible loop is formed of a decorativeribbon.
 8. The hanging ornament kit of claim 3 wherein the flexible loopis formed of a decorative ribbon.
 9. A hanging ornament kit, comprising:a pair of flexible planar bases, each base including an outer surfaceand an inner surface, the outer surface carrying a decorative indiciaand the inner surface carrying a releasable adhesive; a removableprotective cover disposed to overlie the adhesive; a flexible connectorattached to and disposed to interconnect the pair of bases; the innersurface of each of the pair of bases being disposed to contact andreleasably attach to an object in spaced relationship such that theflexible connector forms a loop; and ornamental material disposed to bedraped over the flexible connector.